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Fostering Industrialization and Value Chains is Crucial for Taking Advantage of the Region’s Natural Resources

20 June 2016 | News

Demand for metal mining, led by China, had positive consequences for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of exports and fiscal revenue in the last decade; however, the region did not make progress on a policy of industrialization: the linkages with other sectors are still weak and policies are lacking for mining to contribute to the creation of new capacities, ECLAC indicates in its latest annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016. According to the document, in the last 15 years the average relative weight of natural resources in the total flows of Fo…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in the Region

2 June 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Wednesday, June 15 its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016 at the regional organization's headquarters in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present to the media the main conclusions of the report that examines the global and regional evolution of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. The press conference will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s Web site (://www.cepal.org/en/cepal-en-vivo). The document has thr…

ECLAC Study Analyzes Incentives to Attract Foreign Investment to Central America

22 June 2015 | News

Many countries have designed incentive policies to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and promote exports based on special exportation areas or free-trade zones. A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyzes these tools and offers proposals to replace them, taking into consideration that several of the current incentives should be dismantled by the end of 2015 because they violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. The study New-Generation Public Incentives for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Central America (in Spanish …

ECLAC Will Present Annual Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 May 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015 next Wednesday, May 27, at the headquarters of this United Nations organization in Santiago, Chile. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document’s main conclusions during a press conference at 11:00 a.m. local time in Chile. The event will be broadcast live on the Internet via the organization’s website. The study examines the global and regional evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, which inc…

Report Analyzes U.S. Trade and Investment Ties with the Region

30 March 2015 | News

To mark the twentieth anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the United States Trade Developments Report 2013-2014, prepared annually by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), focuses on trade and investment ties between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. At the same time, presents the highlights of the economic relationship between the U.S. and Brazil, its second largest trading partner in the region. NAFTA, the study says, has made significant strides in expanding trade and investment among the three countries and enha…

Experts Will Discuss the State of Latin American and Caribbean International Insertion and Integration

2 June 2014 | Announcement

The role played by foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in development, as well as integration agreements of Latin American and Caribbean countries and their place in global value chains, will be analysed at a two-day seminar to be held in Santiago, Chile, on 3 and 4 June. Osvaldo Rosales, Director of the International Trade and Intregration Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Michael Penfold, Director for Public Policy and Competitiveness at CAF (Latin American Development Bank), and Masataka Fujita, Head of the Investment Is…

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